# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 2.1-21

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), κατὰ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῆς μὴ δεχομένης τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγέλιον καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ Ἀποκάλυψιν λݲαݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας νݲαݲ., Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/2.1-21

2. Ἀλλὰ οὐκ ἰσχύσουσιν ἐν τῇ κιβωτῶν οἱ τοιοῦτοι. ἐπιτρέπειται γὰρ ὁ ἅγιος Νῶε κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου ἐπασφαλίσασθαι τὴν τοιαύτην, ὥς φησι πρὸς αὐτόν »ἀσφαλτώσεις αὐτὴν ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν«, ἵνα δείξῃ τὸ εἶδος τῆς ἁγίας τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίας, ἐχούσης τῆς ἀσφάλτου τὴν δύναμιν, τὴν ἀποδιώκουσαν τὰ δεινὰ καὶ ὀλετήρια ἑρπετώδη διδάγματα· ὕπου γὰρ θυμιᾶται ἡ ἄσφαλτος, οὐκ ἰσχύει στῆναι ὄφις.

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Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), ed. Karl Holl. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2021.tlg002.local001/.